Cypro-Minoan

Meaning

Adjective

Being or relating to an undeciphered syllabary used on the island of Cyprus during the late Bronze Age.

Origin

Cypro- + Minoan. Coined by Arthur Evans in 1909 based on the visual similarity to Linear A on Minoan Crete, from which the syllabary is thought to be derived.

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